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(Ref. 126106) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-pic-4497-13852 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-03-18 1997-03-18 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Laang_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Laang_u1.gif FB-pic-4497-13854 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-03-18 1997-03-18 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Laang_j0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Laang_j0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-4497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Juveniles live in a specific inshore habitat until they reach 18 cm (Ref. 2216) also found near and in slow flowing affluents (Ref. 36901). Adults found from the littoral to near the limit of the oxygenated zone (Ref. 2216). Solitary, lurking predator, probably favoring rocky bottoms and unspecialized in its fish diet; highly susceptible to intensive fishing (Ref. 2216). They feed largely on benthic cichlids (Ref. 4967, 36901), but also takes sardines (Ref. 4967). Threatened due to over harvesting (Ref. 58490). Coulter, G.W. 1976 The biology of <i>Lates</i> species in Lake Tanganyika, and the status of the pelagic fishery for <i>Lates</i> species and <i>Luciolates stapersii</i>. J. Fish Biol. 9(3):235-259. (Ref. 2216) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-02-04 00:00:00 1994-09-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Spacing between dorsal fins more than between last spines of first dorsal fin. Caudal fin rounded in adults, rounded and spotted in juveniles. Eyes small, less than interorbital with. Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (project URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. (Ref. 4967) FB-Distribution-4497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2025-11-04 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Africa: widely distributed in Lake Tanganyika (Ref. 2216, 36901) and present in the Malagarazi River delta (Ref. 54847). Poll, M. 1953 Exploration hydrobiologique du lac Tanganika (1946-1947). Résultats scientifiques. Volume III, fascicule 5A. Poissons non Cichlidae. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles. 251 pp. (Ref. 36901) FB-Uses-4497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (project URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. (Ref. 4967) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-TrophicStrategy-4497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 2000-05-25 00:00:00 2005-02-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public angustifrons http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Adults are common in inshore areas; occupy deep, rock ground as they grow larger. Also sedentary and solitary. Aggregate while hunting for clupeid prey in pelagic zones, migrating up nightly from the bottom (Ref. 52862). Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (project URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. (Ref. 4967) FB-Size-4497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 200 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4967)); max. published weight: 100.0 kg (Ref. 58490) Eccles, D.H. 1992 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Tanzania. Prepared and published with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (project URT/87/016). FAO, Rome. 145 p. (Ref. 4967) Stone, R. 2007 The last of the leviathans. Science 316:1684-1688. (Ref. 58490) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4497 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Crispina B. Binohlan 1991-06-27 00:00:00 2025-12-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4497 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat demersal; non-migratory (Ref. 126106); freshwater; pH range: 7.5 - 8.2; dH range: 20 - 40 Dean, E.M., A.R. Cooper, L. Wang, W. Daniel, S. David, C. Ernzen, K.B. Gido, E Hale, T.J. Haxton, W. Kelso, N. Leonard, C. Lido, J. Margraf, M. Porter, C. Pennock, D. Propst, J. Ross, M.D. Staudinger, G. Whelan and D.M. Infante 2022 The North American Freshwater Migratory Fish Database (NAFMFD): Characterizing the migratory life histories of freshwater fishes of Canada, the United States of Mexico. J. Biogeography 49:1193-1203. (Ref. 126106)